Graphical OSD options

Please note that these options are only available on newer ImpulseOSD hardware such as the Apex OSD and Wolf V3. Wolf V1/V2 do not have these features since the OSD chip used on these boards is not graphical, but character based.

White/Black level

This will manipulate the intensity of the black and white pixels, making them less intense (lower value) or more intense (higher value).

Frame

The HD cams our quads carry often have a different FOV than the FPV cams we use (typically smaller). The frame is an aid you can display that captures the area your HD cam would see so you are focusing on the right area during your flight. Please note that there will not be any GUI support for the Frame - that does not make much sense since this depends on the lens you use and you have to double check that with your goggles anyhow.

Stick overlay

Purpose of the stick overlay is simple replacement for a stick cam. You match the DVR of your flight with your HD footage and crop the stick overlay into your final HD footage. No need for a separate camera pointing towards your sticks.

To activate the stick overlay, either use the GUI and turn the "Sticks" on under "General" or go to SETUP, then BASIC SETUP, then SET ITEMS to activate the Sticks (just like the other OSD labels).

Invert OSD

This is very simple: Every pixel that is white will turn black - and vice versa. This may come in handy when you are flying in areas with white background, e.g. ice and snow.

Background

On very sunny days or bright backgrounds it can be hard to read the OSD, depending on the Font you are using. You can turn on a black background so you can read easier.

Flight Path

The Flight Path feature records the GPS data in the background and displays the flight path on page 4 of the statistics screen. It is fully interactive, you can use roll and yaw to navigate through your flight path. Holding yaw right and roll left for a few seconds saves the flight path to the OSD. Once you saved your flight path you can read it with the GUI in a KMZ file which is readable in Google Earth!

Note: For the Flight Path Export via the Windows GUI please configure your camera angle in the Camera menu (default: 30 degrees). Without knowing the camera angle, the resulting FPV tour in the exported KMZ file may look at the ground (or at the sky).

Graphical OSD menu

Enter the menu (yaw left while disarmed for more than two seconds), go to SETUP, then ADVANCED DISPLAY and then GRAPHICAL OSD.

• WHITE LEVEL: Increase/decrease the intensity of the white pixels in your OSD.
• BLACK LEVEL: Increase/decrease the intensity of the black pixels in your OSD.
• FRAME: It is OFF by default. You can turn it on by choosing THIN or THICK which will display a frame thin or thick correspondingly. You can review and resize the frame under FRAME SETUP further below
• FRAME AUX: It is OFF by default - if you chose to turn the frame on in thin or thick mode it would stay permanently on. If you choose to select an AUX channel it will only be displayed if the AUX channel is set to the range configured in FRAME RANGE:
• FRAME RANGE: It is OFF by default. Select a range for your AUX channel so the frame is shown.
• FRAME SETUP: This will show the frame and the OSD labels you have chosen and allow you to move and resize the frame. Yaw right to change from move to resize and vice versa. Use roll/pitch to move resize. Yaw left to exit the setup.
• STICK MODE: If you use the stick overlay, you can define the radio mode you use here. Default is MODE 2.
• INVERT OSD: It is OFF by default, turn ON to invert black/white.
• BACKGROUND: It is OFF by default, turn ON to use a black background for the menus or flight path.